Dream Combo

NefilimNefilim Join Date: 2003-08-09 Member: 19222Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">What attack/setup would you want to see?</div> I think an Onos with Xenocide would rock.

Onos trods in, sprawls out in the middle of the marine base, then explodes. It'd whipe off half of the map.

That, or a lerk with Acid Rocket.
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  • AhnteisAhnteis teh Bob Join Date: 2002-10-02 Member: 1405Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Celerity, Silence, Adrenaline, Carapace skulk - near sensory chambers.
  • DunsbyDunsby Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1042Awaiting Authorization
    Suggestions... 3 Topics... Pfft.
  • GreyPawsGreyPaws Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8659Members
    make it so if you hit a marine with parasite they themselves xenocide damaging the things around them.

    call it "Popcorn Parasite"

    skulk also dies after spitting it
  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    I thought it would be cool to make a "kamakazi" structure, which would be a massive explosive (built by a gorg, for 100 res) that had a crude painting of a marine on it (for effect) and the onos would devour it.

    Then the onos would run into the marine base and when he died he's do like Xeno 10x and wipe out a ton of stuff.

    Of course, the huge 200 res + teamwork sacrifice of this would make it great for stalemates.
  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    There actually was a playtest build with a problem that would produce stuff like this. We noticed on spawn that all skulks were marked on the scoreboard as wearing Heavy Armor instead of being skulks. One of us evolved to gorge as normal, and the scoreboard said he was a skulk. Then we suddenly realized what was happening, cheated up an instant 2nd hive (we could do that in playtest builds), and we all went gorge to have a gorge gang with leap.

    Nobody had time to evolve to onos before the server was disconnected for Flayra to fix it*. Was still funny while it lasted <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->


    *When you forumgoers saw changelogs for letter-beta-builds of NS1.1 and 2.0 betas, you probably didn't think about how much work goes into it. On some nights where we got enough people testing, we'd be <i>constantly</i> popping back and forth from IRC to in-game to try out server-side changes Flayra could make in as little as five minutes; some of these lasted into the next "letter" beta build, but others have been lost from our memories. When you get Flayra on a roll he's a coding machine. Sessions like this could last anywhere from 7PM EST or earlier all the way to 2AM because as people went to sleep, others from other timezones joined in.
  • Cleric_EpochCleric_Epoch Join Date: 2003-06-26 Member: 17714Members, Constellation
    How about a marine riding an onos with a mounted Sg on it back?
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  • StakhanovStakhanov Join Date: 2003-03-12 Member: 14448Members
    Blinking gorge inflicting charge damage on touch. That would own.
  • SinSpawnSinSpawn Harbinger of Suffering Join Date: 2002-11-12 Member: 8359Members
    Fade with invisble blink and bilebomb

    OMG!!! invisible bombers!!!
  • OlljOllj our themepark-stalking nightmare Fade Join Date: 2002-12-12 Member: 10696Members
    A mobile command chair on the back of a brave onos.
  • HAMBoneHAMBone Probably the best Commander Join Date: 2003-04-02 Member: 15139Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    sharks with lasers on their heads.
  • d0omied0omie Join Date: 2003-02-23 Member: 13877Members
    How about the dreaded... Kharaa death tank! An onos with a lerk and gorge riding on its back for healing and defensive/offensive gas attacks. With optional deployable skulk fighters which drop off from hanging under its belly to eat pesky shotgunners, or act as homing missiles.

    Please implement walking on other players, instead of just them sliding underneath you. Or is it impossible in the half-life engine? I want my Kharaa death tank to roll out..

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  • NefilimNefilim Join Date: 2003-08-09 Member: 19222Members, Constellation
    edited August 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--HAMBONE+Aug 14 2003, 05:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (HAMBONE @ Aug 14 2003, 05:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> sharks with lasers on their heads. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I always thought it'd be bad **** to have aquatic aliens.

    Give marines diving suits and harpoons, make a lot of water maps, and make sharks with laserbeams on their heads.

    I'd also like to see the ability to vote-to-kick/ban people from servers. Nothing pisses me off more than the jack **** who jumps in a comm chair, builds a million chairs, gives himself a shotgun, then runs off.
  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    A skulk with devour <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    How about an all in one rifle?
  • p4Samwisep4Samwise Join Date: 2002-12-15 Member: 10831Members
    Lerk with auto-parasiting and xenociding babblers.
  • JefeJefe Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15734Members, Constellation
    marik isn't that the build with ha jpers?
  • laggerlagger Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1805Members
    edited August 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--HAMBONE+Aug 14 2003, 10:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (HAMBONE @ Aug 14 2003, 10:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> sharks with lasers on their heads. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    omc, stolen from austin powers.

    I vote for cows with pants and cool hats while they twirl their pimp cains.
  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    Heavy armor lerk with a shotty, HMG, spores, and blink. Plus he has regeneration, adrenaline, and scent of fear. Owned.
  • GreyPawsGreyPaws Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8659Members
    cloaked silenced Onos with infinate devour, and auto webs, immune to motion tracking, rgen/adren/celerity/scentoffear/carapace/and of course redemption
  • Mr_HeadcrabMr_Headcrab Squee&#33;~ Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9392Members, Constellation
    woah, and i though a skulk with devour was the pinnicle of leetness...
  • Trojan2Trojan2 Join Date: 2003-01-14 Member: 12290Members
    How about marines with gatling railguns that can ride into battle on a com chair pulled by a team of black skulks with red claws

    Onos with a BFG in a coupla on its back. Marines could ride on it and one would have a power whip to stear.
  • GreeGree Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16454Members
    edited August 2003
    Plain and simlpe a Lerk with Devour.

    Swoop in and you make the marines lose a Heavy Armor.
  • locallyunscenelocallyunscene Feeder of Trolls Join Date: 2002-12-25 Member: 11528Members, Constellation
    edited August 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Plain and simlpe a Lerk with Devour.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Then you'd get a HA shaped lerk.

    Edit: oh yeah I want a pony and lerk with bile bomb and shoots spikes at the same time so I can run sorties on marine bases.
  • B33FB33F Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9362Members
    A welder with heal spray.
  • ZarparchiorZarparchior Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7929Members
    When in the comm chair, the ability to make the CC go into "Combat Mode."

    This would turn it into a flying hover-tank. You'd be in 1st person view (of course) and you'd have a few weapons to choose from. To allow easier implimentation, you could just use the same weapons already available to the marines. So, the weapons would be: Quad LMGs (2 on each side), Dual HMGs (1 on each side), Dual Shotguns (1 on each side), Dual GLs (2 on top), Quad Welders that also heal health for marines (4 on bottom), and 6 mechanical arms each holding knives ("The mincer," as I like to call it). It would have the normal armor of the CC, and can be healed by welding it or by going next to an electro'd RT or TF and "recharging your battery" (pretty spiffy, eh?). You can also build things at 3 times speed (because the CC has a special link to the nanites that speeds up the normal process of building).

    As mentioned, it was a flying hover-tank type CC now, so it could go places fairly quickly and with mashing on the jump button you'll take her into turbo. When a CC is in Combat Mode, it is not counted as a commander so you could see several ones in a battle possibly. Obviously, if there is a commander already and someone in Combat Mode wants to go back to Commander Mode, they can't. If they want to go back to marine then they'll have to type /kill in the console. You may think that harsh, but I believe at the 30 rez cost for a CC that it will be balanced quite well. Yes, that's right: 30 whopping rez. It's not like dropping a shotgun, people, so don't worry about it getting spammed. However, to counter-act the high rez cost, it also acts as a Infantry Portal if no IPs currently exist.

    How does that sound? Pretty good, I must admit. The thing which makes it work so well imo is... what? What are you <i>saying</i>, man? It's the shiz! Huh?! Of course it's perfectly balanced, have you even played the game, n00b? You know there's, like, version 2.01b out now, and it's teh latest and leetest... <b>WHAT!?!</b> Well ***k you, you ***kin' ****! Always naysaying - everything I create! You piece of ***t! <i>YOU</i> create something, like Combat Mode Commander Chairs! You ****in' ***t! You ***kin' sit in your chair, ***kin' <i>not</i> playing NS and... ...What's funny? ...YOU ***KIN' DITCH!! ***KIN' ***KAOUE!! ***KIN', C**K ***!!

    ...

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  • LeetVegeTaLeetVegeTa Join Date: 2003-02-27 Member: 14103Members
    edited August 2003
    what do u want... hmmmmhmmmm...

    AWP~!~!!~@#~@!@~#$~~`!!!!


    edit: oops..forgot it was "dream COMBO"
    .....GORGE AWP!!@#!@#~@#!@$~~~~!!!!
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    A Skulk with the Strength of an Onos, Wings of a Lerk buildablity of a Gorge, All Power-Ups to LVL 3 and all attacks. *Phew*
  • Psycho-Kinetic_Hyper-GeekPsycho-Kinetic_Hyper-Geek Join Date: 2002-11-18 Member: 9243Banned, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Zarparchior+Aug 14 2003, 07:45 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Zarparchior @ Aug 14 2003, 07:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> When in the comm chair, the ability to make the CC go into "Combat Mode."

    This would turn it into a flying hover-tank. You'd be in 1st person view (of course) and you'd have a few weapons to choose from. To allow easier implimentation, you could just use the same weapons already available to the marines. So, the weapons would be: Quad LMGs (2 on each side), Dual HMGs (1 on each side), Dual Shotguns (1 on each side), Dual GLs (2 on top), Quad Welders that also heal health for marines (4 on bottom), and 6 mechanical arms each holding knives ("The mincer," as I like to call it). It would have the normal armor of the CC, and can be healed by welding it or by going next to an electro'd RT or TF and "recharging your battery" (pretty spiffy, eh?). You can also build things at 3 times speed (because the CC has a special link to the nanites that speeds up the normal process of building).

    As mentioned, it was a flying hover-tank type CC now, so it could go places fairly quickly and with mashing on the jump button you'll take her into turbo. When a CC is in Combat Mode, it is not counted as a commander so you could see several ones in a battle possibly. Obviously, if there is a commander already and someone in Combat Mode wants to go back to Commander Mode, they can't. If they want to go back to marine then they'll have to type /kill in the console. You may think that harsh, but I believe at the 30 rez cost for a CC that it will be balanced quite well. Yes, that's right: 30 whopping rez. It's not like dropping a shotgun, people, so don't worry about it getting spammed. However, to counter-act the high rez cost, it also acts as a Infantry Portal if no IPs currently exist.

    How does that sound? Pretty good, I must admit. The thing which makes it work so well imo is... what? What are you <i>saying</i>, man? It's the shiz! Huh?! Of course it's perfectly balanced, have you even played the game, n00b? You know there's, like, version 2.01b out now, and it's teh latest and leetest... <b>WHAT!?!</b> Well ***k you, you ***kin' ****! Always naysaying - everything I create! You piece of ***t! <i>YOU</i> create something, like Combat Mode Commander Chairs! You ****in' ***t! You ***kin' sit in your chair, ***kin' <i>not</i> playing NS and... ...What's funny? ...YOU ***KIN' DITCH!! ***KIN' ***KAOUE!! ***KIN', C**K ***!!

    ...

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    Dude, I don't think anyone is going to get that reference, why not try monty python next time.
  • MonkeybonkMonkeybonk Join Date: 2003-08-04 Member: 18859Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin--Psycho-Kinetic Hyper-Geek+Aug 14 2003, 08:40 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Psycho-Kinetic Hyper-Geek @ Aug 14 2003, 08:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Zarparchior+Aug 14 2003, 07:45 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Zarparchior @ Aug 14 2003, 07:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><b>WHAT!?!</b> Well ***k you, you ***kin' ****!  Always naysaying - everything I create! You piece of ***t!  <i>YOU</i> create something, like Combat Mode Commander Chairs! You ****in' ***t! You ***kin' sit in your chair, ***kin' <i>not</i> playing NS and... ...What's funny?  ...YOU ***KIN' DITCH!! ***KIN' ***KAOUE!! ***KIN', C**K ***!!

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    Dude, I don't think anyone is going to get that reference, why not try monty python next time. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I know a guy who has that in his sig... It says 'If you don't like my sig, click here to tell me!'
  • Infected_MarineInfected_Marine Join Date: 2002-12-21 Member: 11287Members
    edited August 2003
    A marine that runs faster then a skulk, has Regeneration, Heavy Armor, any Marine weapon, full armor and weapon upgrades, Cloaking, all the powers of an alien of his choice and a Jet Pack. Wait, that isn't a dream, thats ME! Truth be told there was an exploit in NS 1.00-1.03 that allowed a player to get all this stuff. There was a time that I faught 6 fully updraded Heavy Armors with HMGs all by myself, and I wasted them. Nothing more powerful has ever actually been in any build or beta of NS.
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